Detect It Easy

Security & privacy

Open-source softwareEditorial overview
A CLOSER LOOK

What is Detect It Easy?

Detect It Easy is a binary identification utility for examining file signatures and identifying likely packers, compilers, and formats. It includes file signatures, packer detection, and executable format analysis.

File signatures

Packer detection

Executable format analysis

Is it a good fit?

Best suited to

Analysts triaging unfamiliar executable files

Before you choose

Signature matches can be incomplete or misleading. Identification alone does not establish whether a file is malicious.

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The application is distributed under MIT. The listed desktop or mobile software can be used on an ongoing basis without a software subscription. Signature matches can be incomplete or misleading.

The $0 price applies to the listed open source application. Signature matches can be incomplete or misleading.

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The useful parts. The trade-offs.

Why consider it

Brings file signatures and packer detection into the same workflow.

Inspect the file's detected format and toolchain clues, compare them with other evidence, and use the result to choose the next analysis tool.

What to keep in mind

Signature matches can be incomplete or misleading.

Identification alone does not establish whether a file is malicious.

How to use it well

Detect It Easy fits analysts triaging unfamiliar executable files. Inspect the file's detected format and toolchain clues, compare them with other evidence, and use the result to choose the next analysis tool.

Signature matches can be incomplete or misleading. Identification alone does not establish whether a file is malicious. Match the configuration to your needs, and keep recoverable copies of important settings or keys.

A few things you might be wondering.

Is Detect It Easy free?

The application is distributed under MIT. The listed desktop or mobile software can be used on an ongoing basis without a software subscription. Signature matches can be incomplete or misleading.

Can I use Detect It Easy for file signatures?

Yes. Detect It Easy includes file signatures. Inspect the file's detected format and toolchain clues, compare them with other evidence, and use the result to choose the next analysis tool.

Does identifying a packer prove a file is malicious?

Signature matches can be incomplete or misleading.

Where can I check the latest prices?

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